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Oil portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark cloak with binoculars and a cane at a ship's rail before a stormy sea.

Robley Dunglison Evans

August Franzén, 1909

Dark Gothic church interior with a ceremony at a raised altar, columns, stained glass, and small figures in the foreground.

The Circumcision of Christ

François de Nomé, 1623

Dark studio interior with a seated woman by a fireplace, a glowing amber lantern, potted plants, and a steaming kettle.

A Corner of the 72nd Street Studio

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1896

Girl knitting beside a sleeping baby in a wicker cradle, in a sunlit attic room with a sloped ceiling.

Little Housewife

Johann Georg Meyer, 1854

Loose oil painting of a tall grassy meadow under a grey sky, with a small goatsherd and goat in the distance.

Summer Day. Goatsherd with a Goat

László Mednyánszky, 1895

Painting of a brook lined with willow trees, a barn, and small figures on the bank under an overcast sky.

Brook behind the Barn. On the Bank

László Mednyánszky, 1873

Woman with a lapdog and an older maidservant behind her, with a decanter, orange and sealed letter on a table.

Woman with a Lapdog, Accompanied by a Maidservant

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1680

Dark oil study of a reclining cow with a pale head on a brown floor, with a ladder and beams in shadow behind.

Study of a Cow

Thomas Fearnley, 1842

Four men playing cards around a wooden table in a dim tavern interior, with coins and a pipe on the table.

Peasants playing Cards

Alexander Lauréus, 1812

Podobizeň muža

Toni von Stadler, 1858

Group portrait of three children, a boy in red velvet and two girls, with a spaniel dog at right.

The Hartley Children

George Romney, 1781

Man in spectacles reading a letter by candlelight beside a table with a glass of water and a mirror.

Man Reading by Candlelight

Rembrandt Peale, 1805

Oval portrait of a woman in dark dress and white collar holding a skull, against a dark background.

Portrait of Cornelia Bouwers, the artist’s wife

Karel Slabbaert, 1650

Seated friar in black and white habit holds a book and staff, with a dog and torch at lower left, against a dark background.

Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1650

Painting of a family dining in a dark greenhouse among large leaves, with a girl in pink and a black dog in the foreground.

Le Déjeuner dans la serre Le Déjeuner dans la serre

Louise Abbéma, 1877

Painting of an old man and three young figures in a dim wooden room with a candle, open book, icons and a snowy window.

«Menshikov in Berezovo» by Wassilij Iwanowitsch Surikov (1888), in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Vasily Surikov, 1888

Painting of a bearded alchemist reading in a cluttered, dimly lit laboratory filled with flasks, books and a hearth.

Le cabinet d'un alchimiste

Eugène Isabey, 1845

Mädchenportrait

Gabriel von Max

Painting of seated Christ in white robes blessing children while disciples and a crowd gather in a dim interior.

Christ Showing the Little Children as the Emblem of Heaven

Benjamin West, 1810

Painting of three women in a dim interior, the central figure in yellow drapery holding a spindle, the right figure in blue.

The Three Fates

Susan Macdowell Eakins, 1881

Two women embrace in an elegant interior while a woman in a black hood holds a letter and a servant stands in the doorway.

The Sorrows of Love

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1790

Still life of pink roses and white daisies in a brown vase on a marble ledge, with two moths, on a dark background.

Roses in an earthenware vase on a marble ledge

Willem Frederiksz van Royen, 1706

Painting of a young man in a white shirt drinking from a shiny brass kettle against a dark background.

Knaap die drinkt uit waterketel

Seated man in black with white ruff collar and sword hilt, dark green background with coat of arms, 1620 portrait.

Nicolas Triest, Count d'Auweghem

Gaspar de Crayer, 1620

Painting of an elderly bearded man writing with a quill while a youthful angel leans over his shoulder in shadow.

Saint Matthew and the Angel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired man in a black coat holding a quill pen and letter before red drapery.

The Honorable Roger Minnot Sherman (1773-1844), B. A. 1792, M. A. 1795, LL.D. 1829, (copy after his earlier portrait…

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840

Dark painting of men in hats seated around a table playing chess in a dim, reddish-lit interior.

Chess Players

George Luks, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a curled powdered wig, dark velvet coat, lace cravat and red cloak, beside a column.

Portrait of the Marquis d'Havrincourt

Nicolas de Largillière, 1713

Still life painting of peonies, carnations, lilies and roses spilling from a dark urn on a stone ledge against a shadowy back

Still life of peonies, carnations, poppies and other flowers in a bronze urn on a stone ledge

Antoine Monnoyer

Painting of a nude man seen from behind, arms outstretched, standing on a rock in dark water beside a shadowy landscape.

The Bathers

William Morris Hunt, 1877